Simpler Times at TedRoden.com

Jul 02

Simpler Times

I don’t know if this will last. But it’s pretty cool.

Jul 01

I’m working on something really very exciting. I’ll give you $100 if you can tell me what this is…

“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”

— Before all of tumblr reblogs this into fact, I’d just like to point out for the record, that quote is about as old as Elvis Costello. And it’s been attributed to just about everyone.

Jun 30

“Too many tweets, too little uptime.”

— Michael Zimbalist

Jun 28

Shifd from emacs

I made a little extension for emacs so that I could shifd things directly from inside the editor. Here's a video of it in action. If you're interested in the extension, let me know. I can make it available.

Emacs and Shifd from Ted Roden on Vimeo.

Amazon is amazing. They emailed me this morning because they thought I might like a comic by the guy who did Perry Bible Fellowship. The new one is called Beards of our Forefathers. I am indeed interested in this product.

Jun 25

“Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable? The file system is no longer usable. The registry is not usable. …”

— Bill Gates

Jun 23

Seems to be working fine.

Jun 20

i bought a new bike! (via soxiam)

Sox has a garage.
Ted Roden

“Nobody wants a door with 37 different handles.”

— Clay Shirky speaking at The New York Times.

Smile naturally

Jun 19

Shifd focus (group)

Flickr Comments

chromogenic

that pizza looks good

Live Google Searches

I went to google today. They were display (porn free) search terms on the floor.

Lego Founders

At google nyc, they have lego portraits of the founders above some of the printers.

Google lunch

Jun 18

A Heartbreaking Tale

Fresh Chipotle, but called into a meeting... glad I'm not in that meeting.

Once again, Nick Bilton!

TedRoden.com - The official Nick Bilton fan club.

One more time...

It's been a wild couple of months. I got married and went on a honeymoon and left two jobs!

So today, I've done it again. I gave my notice¹... Again.

1. Notice was given to my landlord, not my job.

Jun 16

“The legal lesson here: If your star witness is the kind of character who would have a threesome with R. Kelly, you probably need to find yourself a better star witness.”

— The R. Kelly trial: How the R&B superstar got off.

Jun 14

The lady broke her novelty souvenir glass, so we're going to try to get here a new one today. Bubba Gump is the logical choice. Other ideas?

Ted